LEGO Lord of the Rings: The Video Game is a video game that was released on October 30, 2012 for handheld consoles and November 13, 2012 for platforms.
Tha Mac OS X version was published by Feral Interactive and was released on February 21st, 2013.[1]
It is available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS and Mac OS X.
Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO® The Lord of the Rings follows the original storylines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events reimagined with the humor and endless variety of LEGO play.
Trusted with the dangerous task to destroy an ancient magical ring that threatens all that is good, Frodo is forced to leave his peaceful home. But the ring wants to be found and the road to Mount Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed, will be perilous and riddled with Orcs and fouler things.
Explore all of the open-world of Middle-earth and experience epic battles with Orcs, Uruk-hai, the Balrog, the Witch-king, and other fearsome creatures.
Wield the power of the Palantír or Seeing-stone (‘one that looks far-away’), and jump between multiple storylines.
Experience the LEGO The Lord of the Rings heroes come to life in an all new way, as they deliver the dialogue from the films.
Collect, combine and forge new items in the Blacksmith Shop using Mithril, the most precious metal in Middle-earth .
Discover and unlock over more than 60 playable characters, including Frodo, Aragorn, Gandalf, and many others.
Dain Ironfoot appears only in the portable versions of the game.
Aragorn does not use a bow in Moria. In the movie, he uses it in Balin's Tomb by shooting through small cracks in the door and he uses it several times in the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm.
Almost the entire Lothlórien scene is omitted, including the part were Haldir finds the Fellowship and leads them to Celeborn and Galadriel.
Frodo and Galadriel have a conversation about Frodo being the one to destroy the Ring. This is omitted.
Aragorn does not receive his dagger from Celeborn in the game.
In the game, Frodo is the only one who receives an elven cloak. In the movie, every member (except Gandalf) receives one.
Frodo's elven cloak also looks the exact same as his original cloak.
Boromir is shot by Lurtz with an arrow, a broom, and a banana and almost shot with a chicken. Aragorn throws a carrot at Lurtz to stop this but tackles him in the film. Boromir is fatally injured, but continues fighting Lurtz along with Aragorn. This is done to make the game more co-op friendly.
Aragorn does not cut off Lurtz's arm and stab him before beheading him in the game.
When Aragorn cuts Lurtz's head off, it falls back onto the body backwards.
Merry and Pippin don't lose their swords, unlike in the movie.
Sam drowning and Frodo saving him is omitted.
When Frodo and Sam are on the elven boat, Gollum watches them.
Gollum doesn't bite and strangles Sam. Sam ties his Elven rope around Gollum's ankle and Frodo subdues him.
In some scenes when Sam is sleeping, he sleeps with a teddy bear. Gollum hands it to him at one point with an evil grin before Sam and Frodo go to sleep.
Sam says his line to Frodo, "You don't see it, do you? He's a villian." He says this line in the third movie.
Merry doesn't climb up Treebeard when he & Pippin flee into Fangorn Forest.
Some Easterlings ring a doorbell at the Black Gate and show pizza to the Orcs to open the Gate, then the Orcs ate the pizza.
All the events in Ithillien are omitted, though some of the quotes said in the Ithillien scene are said after the Gondorian Rangers' attack.
Faramir capturing Gollum and interrogating him about the Ring is omitted.
Arwen and Elrond's conversation about Aragorn is omitted.
The Dunlendings and Saruman's speech to them are omitted.
In the game, Ugluk is an orc and he is at the Black Gate, while in the movie he is an Uruk-hai and is at the Uruk scout group whom captured Merry and Pippin.
In the game, Aragorn says the line "Éomer is still loyal to you. His men will return and fight for their king" to Gandalf, while in the movie he says this to Théoden.
In Helm's Deep, Aragorn does not suggest to call Gondor for aid when Théoden asks him who will come.
The Elves arrive at Helm's Deep immediately after Théoden asks Aragorn who will come to aid the Rohirrim.
The "toss me" scene is shortened.
In the game, Aragorn does not ask Gamling if there is any other way of getting out. In the movie, Gamling responds by saying "There is one passage which leads into the mountains, but they will not get far the Uruk-hai are too many!"
Gandalf's line to Aragorn "At the fifth day at dawn look to the east" is omitted.
In the game, Aragorn says "ride out with me" at the gate, but in the movie he says this at the keep.
Sam discovering Gollum's plan to kill Frodo and take the Ring at a pond is omitted.
In the game, Gollum is still with Frodo as he explores Shelob's Lair. In the film, Gollum abandons Frodo shortly after they enter the tunnel.
In the game, Sam returns to Frodo after Gollum is pushed down a cliff in Shelob's Lair.
While Frodo and Sam walk through the tunnel, Shagrat suddenly appears and attacks Sam. While Sam and Shagrat struggle, Frodo is bitten by Shelob and wrapped in her webbing.
Both Sam and Shagrat fight Shelob in the game. In the film, only Sam fights Shelob. This is done to make the game more co-op friendly. But in the portable versions, Sam fights Shelob alone.
In the portable versions, the Wilhelm Scream can be heard from the second Gondorian guard after when seeing the Orc army.
In the game, Frodo isn't bounded. In the film, he is.
In the game, the Ring was hidden in Frodo's Mithril vest. In the film, Sam takes the Ring from Frodo's unconscious body so the Orcs wouldn't find it.
In the game, Gorbag is killed by Frodo and Sam when they knock a lamp off the ceiling and it falls down on him and Gorbag falls deeper in the tower. In the film, Sam kills Gorbag before Gorbag tries to kill Frodo.
In the consoles versions, Denethor doesn't appear in the game at all, so his scenes with Faramir and his madness is completely omitted though he can be bought as a playable character.
The death of Madril and the Invasion on Osgilliath are omitted.
The lighting of the beacons is omitted.
The early events of the Battle of Minas Tirith are omitted.
The subtitles simply call Guritz "orc harbour master".
During the battle at the Black Gate, the Mouth of Sauron never reveals himself there as the gate opens. Instead Sauron's army marches out immediately. However, the Mouth of Sauron is available for purchase as a playable character using the in-game currency. But in the portable versions, he does.
Gollum hits Sam unconscious with a rock in the book and film, but in the game he uses a flower.
When trying to steal the Ring, Gollum does not bite Frodo's finger, instead, he pops off his hands but Frodo puts it back in his arm later.
Similar to LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game features an open-world environment, and talking mini figures.
LEGO The Lord of the Rings is the second LEGO game to feature talking minifigures. However, LEGO Batman 2 is not based on a movie, so some of the words are taken directly from The Lord of the Rings movies/films.
The game features a new dynamic for a LEGO game, where the characters (Only members of the Fellowship of the Ring are confirmed) will be able to acquire new items/weapons as the story advances.
LEGO Batman 2 showed a "coming soon" part for LEGO The Lord of The Rings video game.
There is a bonus level entitled "Middle-earth" which features a scaled down LEGO version of middle-earth with the goal being to collect 1,000,000 studs. Players will spawn in the level as Sauron and the Mouth of Sauron.
The Special Edition of the game comes with a unique Elrond minifigure.
For those who pre-ordered the game, they recieve several different expansion packs to the game. Eventually, these packs were made available for purchase via the Xbox Live Marketplace and the Playstation Store. There was a Weapons and Magical Items pack, Character Pack 1, and Character Pack 2.